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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efncacy Of swtft's Specific q
remedy aud cure for rheumatism and all blood dis
s.ses, has never had more conspicuous illustration
than this case affords The candid, unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted convincing and conclusive.
The writer Is prcmnent citizen Of Mississippi The
gentleman to whom Mr. Martin refers, and To whom
be is Indebted for the advice which he owes his
nnsi relief from OF suffering is Mr. King. for
many years the popular night clerk Of the Lawrence
House. al jackson.
JACKSON. Miss. April =. iss..
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta Ga:
Gcstio,hsn-i have been an invalid pensioner for
forty years. having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases In the Mexican War. but till the st Of
March, ls.a, did feel any symptoms Of rheumatism.
IN that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
-ase In both hips and ankles For twenty days
walked on crutches- Then the pain less violent.
out II shifted from joint to joint For weeks would
totally disabled, either side OF my body
=Iesen years and seven months-thati Is from March
Is.s. when 1 was frst attacked, TO october lssS,
.eIse suffering I tried innumerable prescriptions
from various physicians, and tried everything sug
5enenl from any medicine taken internally or eI,
.ernally, l am not aware of 1t. Finally. about the
1rst Of September, made arrangements 40 the
aot Springs OF Arkansas having despsired Of every
ns1 rsma when % 1S met an 9d aass &C
II this city. He had once been great sufferer from
2s a sos had met Sn sf% s
Id me that his visit to the bot Springs Was IN vain
ae heard for the frst time OF The S s. As rernefy
'or rheurnatisI- He tried it ami six bottle- made
se has had no return Of the disease ' '''''''
IimmedIately returned % Try It. In September
sSell-ss far as the rheumatism was concerned. Al
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

Wallace Phillips, the boy who was shot in
the head by the cowboys Of Sells's circus
during their recent performance at Clinton
la, died Monday.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
Where the Shoe Pinehes

The switch and siding south of the
freight depot of the |. B. Il W. at Lime
stone street, is nearing completion.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

Fireman Low, of engine No. 10. was Ia
Ken sick at Bainbridge, and Night Hostler
Foster came in on his run.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

The |. b. X w. had an ali-rail excursion
from Carey to Lakeside yesterday. They
connected at Sandusky with the MarbIehead
and Lakeside railroad
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

II. {. Hilleny. Frank Woodbridge, o. p.
Anderson, l.. Z. Morris aud several other
railroad men, are in the city today.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

The reported killing of Explorer Stanley
is discredited
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

.MnN>> OF the good things of this
NNNsS life are sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee al % and 50 cents, by
High streets.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, aies, ants, bed.
bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, Jack rabbits,
sparrows, gophers, moths, moies. l5c. druggists.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

THAT HACKING COUGH can be 3,
quickly cured by ShilOh's Cure We guar
sntee it. For sale by r. A. GarwOOd.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

The Old Folks at Home.

Corects offensive odors At once Complete
cure Of worst chronic cases; also unequalled a:
garglefor diphtheria. sore throat foul breath 5Ol
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

"ROUGH ON CORNs.o
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns." Quick re
lief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions. l5s
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

The Bee Line has abandoned the rule of
running their engines, first in first out. and
have given certain engines to certain trains.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
u. r.. Penn. . Ohio Il. X.

All trains run on Central times minuf,s
slower than city time.
TRAINS LkAyk GOING EAST
No. 4. New York Limited, daily log a. IN.
2. Accom-, daily except Sunday 8.Ss o p,
NO .--------...-,...... ~ n D. IN,
Il. Atlantic EX.. daily -. 2 10 !. a.
TRAINS LKAyR GOISs wksf.
No. 8. Gin, st. Louis RI. daily 2lDam
]. Accom-, daily except sunday hoo a n
5. ST. Louis EI.. DAILY. ........-....' 'i.5g D n
No.t has sleepers. but no change of cars "a
either case through to New YORK NJ I, Ia,
through sleepers TO ST. Louis
Free hack To trains to all points east If an.
INCLUDING north Lewisburg
For tickets TO all points and further INF r
nation. Gallon J. d. PHLEsIR
Agent. " Arcade.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
A Physician

who lost his medicine chest. but. having
at hand a bottle Of Ayers Pills. found
himself fully eluipped.-J. Arrison.
NJ. D.. Of San Jose, Cal. writes:
Some three years ago, by the merest
accident, | was forced, SO TO speak.
10 prescribe Ayers Cathartic Pills for
several sick men among a party Of engi-
E-ers in the Sierra Nevada mountains,
my medicine chest having been lost in
crossing q mountain torrent WAS
surprised and delighted AT the action Of
the Pills, SO much SO, indeed, that WAS
led Ia further trial Of them, as we'll as
of your Cherry Pectoral and SarsapA-
riiia. have nothing but praise 10 offer
in their favor"
John w. Brown. NJ. D., Of Oceana,
W Va. writes: =" prescribe Ayers Pills
IN my rrartice, and find them excellent.
urge their general use in families"
L. f. Hastings. NJ. D., of Baltimore,
Md, writes: That Ayers Pills do con-
troll and cure the complaints for which
they are designed, is as conciusively
proven 10 me as anything possibly can be-
They are the best cathartic and aperi-
ent within the reach Of the profession"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

. kSV. BI6SDof1 Now OFk IQu
Boston without change.
No: IL the famous limited express, com
Soseo ontlreiy OF steepefs, sast OF Cleveland
Through sleepers from Springfield MAJ,
View I ORA la AtS hours and Boston la Zi1.
hours.
D. b. KNIGHT
d. h. Ticket Agent.
D mahllN, Arcade Depot
q" r. A. Springfield U. =
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
RAILROAD TIME CARD,


ritt.burg' Cincinnati and 81 Loui. R,TT-
way Company-Pan Handle Rout.
Under schedule in effect Januarv o,
1887, trains leave Springfield rrn,r,i
standard tame for Xenia. Cincinnati a
Columbus, '7:l5 a. III. for Dayton f7:l5a am.
fore Xenia and Indianapolis +IU-20 4 m
for Xenia, Cincinnati, Columbus. Indian
apoils and Chicago, r3:25 D. N: for XenJ,
Dayton and Cincinnati, t5:lO p. III. =,
Trains arrive in Springfield az f7.15 and
'lO;2O a. ~, t5:00 p. III. and -5:4O D. III.
"Daily. tDaily, except Sunday.
SAM. DoDDs, Ticket Agent,
Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati, an,
indianapolis Raiisay
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
THE CLIMATE IS PURE AID InvIG0llTlue,

The lake is twenty miles long and from one
10 three miles wide. Lakewood, FhIyxnna
Grifnth's Point. Bemus Point. Bay View,
Rayenswood. Martha's Vineyard ChAutauqua
Point Chautauqua. Long Point. Maple Springs
and Wooglin are among the different resorts
On the Lake, patronized BY the summer visit.
ors. There are good hotels atevery point.
The Famous ChautsHqua Assembly
Has its headquarters at Chautauqua Lake. and
convenes In July and August Of every year.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

1herels no one article in the line of med.
icines that gives SO large return for the
money A. good porous strengthening plas-
ter, such as Carter's Smart Weed and Bella.
onna Barkache Plasters. AIR
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

W. q. Tuggle, laGranEe. Ga, writing
about DarbyS Prophylactic Fluid, says: ''lt
Is priceless jewel As a di>lufectant and
deodorizer. My wife states for the benefit
of young mothers that it is 1 valuable ad-
junct 10 the nursery" II IS equally So to
parents travelling with children. Not onls
is the Fluid invaluable as deodUTiLrT. but
a lev drops added to the wafer ia bathing
will remove all rruptiuu~ from the skin,
chatting, etc, and greatly refresh and
SoOthr.
There Is no one article in the line of med.
icin.s that .yiyAs lar,ya q ratr,rr "A
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
BLACKBERRY BLOCKS.

The Greaf hiarrhsa and Dy -atefy Checker
DELPHUS q, July It'll, Ss-Our siX-mnntbs old
htld had "a severe attack of summer Com pIAint
'nysi2anS could do nothing. In despair We tried
ynvita Blackberry BiOcks-recom IN nded by .
rienh-nni Il few doses effected a com plpte cure
accept our heartfelt endorsement Of your Black
erry Blocks NR AND MRS- J. bANZHAY,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
COUGH BLOCKS.

From MasOn Long. the Converted Gambler.
FoRT WAYNE, Ind, April s. lssi-I nave given III,
'ynvita Cough Blocks thorough trial They curec
y little girl tS years obi. Of Group. NJ wife anC
Gother-in-!aw were troubled with coughs OF Ions
taniing. one package OF the Block has cured
hem 80 they can talk as only women do"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
1850

Facsimile OF Patent Chess ami Checkerboard. ID
'ertisinE the calebratci SynyIta Block Reu.e.iie
and REWARD OF 81 500. II you fail /.
Ind II on this small board call on your druggist 70
ull-sze: handsomely Autographed board. fREE
Z send q cents for postage 10 u.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-10
EPIDEMIC OF HYSTERIA.
The Curious ConvuIsionist Mania Prevail
ing in an Italian Province.

The Curious ConvuIsionist Mania Prevail
ing in an Italian Province.
A curious outbreak of convulsionist
mania, analogous to those which oc-
Cured from time to time during the
Middle Ages, has shown itself at Agosta,
in the province of Rome.
For some weeks past the country
people have been laboring under the
delusion that the district is under the
immediate government of the evil one,
and before retiring to rest they care
fully place on the threshold the broom
and the salt, which are credited with
the power of keeping off evil spirits.
Many of the younger women have cpl
leptiform attacks, during which they
utter piercing shriels and are violently
convulsed. So serious had the condi-
ton of things become that the Syndic
of Agosta found it necessary to inform
the Project, who sent attachments of
soldiers into the district in order to
calm the apprehensions of the inhab-
itants.
condition of mental perturbation the
country is overrun with quacks, who
claim to possess the only infallible
remedy for the seizures. One of these
nostrums, the yender of which was
making Il rich harvest from its sale. was
found on analysis to consist of earth,
snuff and borax. Three medical men
who were commissioned TO investigate
the cause and nature of this extra
ordinary affection came to the conclu-
sion that it was an epidemic of hysteria.
They examined number of the suf-
ferers, mostly young women, some Of
whom were alleged to have vomited
nails, horseshoes apd other equally in
digestible substances, while others
barked like dogs. Several of them
were removed to Rome for treatment in
the hospitals there. and measures have
been taken to check the spread of the
mischief.
In milder degree this contagious
form of hysteria is not infrequent,
especially in places where ignorance
and superstition favor manifestations
| of nervous disorder. Tho worst ex-
cesses of popular outbreaks, like the
French revolution, have been attributed
to similar influences, and with every
appearance Of justice, -BritiSA Medicat
! J0arHaL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-10
HONESTY REWARDED.
True Story of Conscientious Boy and
Generous Woman.


II think I've found the most gener-
Gus woman in New York" said Maid
en- Lane diamond merchant to friend
in the Aston House rotunda yesterday.
proceed with your story" said the
other, resting his elbow on the polished
bar.
Ted, my little Office boy" the mer-
chant continued, found lady's peck
etbook the other day. 1t contained
about one thousand dollars in cash and
several valuable papers-valuable to
the owner | mean. He picked it up
near the door of my store, but as no
one saw him do it he could easily have
kept the money without any one being
aware Of the fact. 1t must have been
quite temptation to the little chap,
for he only earns two dollars and half
a week and his folks are very poor.
But he brought it right in to me like n
little man. | watched the papers but
it was not advertised. Several days
passed and l had begun to think of
giving VIC DDDh DtlCh W JllC ullNlCI
when l learned from a friend that a
wealthy lady customer of mine who
lives on Fifth avenue had suffered a
loss of this kind. l sent Ted up with
the purse. Sure enough, it was hers.
When he explained how he found it
she became demonstrative over the
honest way he had acted. She patted
his head and declared that it did her
good to know that there was really one
honest boy in New York. You'll not
go unrewarded, either she added
just come with me. He went with
her into an adjoining room, and then
what do you suppose she gave him as a
reward?"
20, ten dollars, perhaps" returned
the friend.
The diamond man smiled. 1.-The re-
ward she gave him." he added, "was
a big piece of huci>leberry pie-simpiy
that and nothing more. I. Tab
we.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-10
POISON PURVEYORS,
Some of Those Who Flourished in the Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth Centuries.

Some of Those Who FlOurshcd in the Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
The number of poison makers must
have been considerable. We come
across "Quelli dial venen," who lived
on the Lago di Garda; the famous poi
son brewers, Peter Paul, of Padua;
Master John and Master Pichele, of
Vicenza, and "Nostro fidel Vilandri-
no., J." custodian of the garden of simples
at Padua. The poisons which these
masters made were of two kinds--slow
poisons ("Veneni tempo') and rapid
ing them was various. The method
most frequently in use was either poi
soned meat or poisoned drink; and we
have seen proof made of the "Vene-
mum edible" and of the 'Venenum
potable! upon two pigs in the presence
of the Ten. There were other modes
of poisoning, however, though they
were less commonly adopted. We find
instances of that favorite Indian
receipt, pounded diamond. Again, in
the year 1885, the French Ambassador
relates to the college an attempt on
the life Of the King of France by means
of poisoned seals, which had effectuallv
killed three slaves on whom they had
first been tried. And in 1899 Caterina
Sforza, mistress of Forli, which city
Cesare Borgia threatened to take from
her. attempted to poison Alexander
VI by means of credentials which her
ambassador brought to his Holiness,
wrapped in scarlet cloth and placed in
side hollow cane that they may not
| kill the bearers. These are cases of
poisoning by touch. We hear also of
proposals to poison by smell; of little
balls to be dropped on fire, and
presently they will kill all who are in
theroom. Nothing strikes us as stranger
about these poisons than their inefficacy.
In the year 1914 we find Vilandrino,
one of the most famous masters in his
day, sent for and told that, as the fire
at the palace had destroyed the poison
cupboard and its receipts, he must
furnish some two or three more, and
must send in the receipts along with his
new poisons. Vilandrino produced a
poisoned water, but when this came to
be tried on certain Mustafa, he was
none the worse for it. The Ten ordered
a second dose; and after waiting eight
days with no more satisfactory results
they conclude in disgust that Viland.
rino's water is worth nothing. and send
him back to Padua. -Edia1urgh Re
gieW.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


-Findlay, O., can boast of the only
mask factory in the Unitcd States. This
factory shipped 10000 masks during
one month recently.
Most of the southern iron shipped
north is carried in schooners. Cotton
manufacturers, it is said, may save
money by forwarding their products in
the same way.
Two young electricians of Munich,
named Western and Helidobler, have
invented sort of telephone which fixes
the spoken word on chemically pre-
pared sheet of paper.
Peat fiber, after being Invested of
the mud by heat and water, is being
used for the manufacture of paper.
The sweepings of a house. cobwebs and
dust are being utilized for the same
purpose.
The National Toothpick Associa-
ton, Of Maine, expects to manu- facture
enough wooden toothpicks the present
year to load train of fifty railway
cars. The number of toothpicks to
make up that amount is placed at
5000, 100000. Most of the toothpicks
used in this country are made in Maine.
An instance of the value of photog-
raphy in detecting the relative motion
of stars is given by NJ de Gothard.
Comparison of recent photograph
with measures recorded by Vogel in
1S67-69 appears to show that cluster
ALL G. G. contains an eleventh magni-
tude star which has changed its posi-
ton relatively to the other stars to the
extent of 2.3 seconds year.-BoSton
Globe.
in mis- recently published notes of a
Ball says that at Tocopilla, on the rain
less west coast of the continent, about
latitude % degrees south, he found
what he had often heard of, but almost
ceased to believe ina land absolutely
without any trace of vegetable life. He
could not even detect lichen, although
he examined the rocks with a magnify
ing lens for the purpose.
1t has been asserted by physiolo-
gists of repute that the nutritive value
of mushrooms was equal to that of
butchers meat. This view, however, is
not sustained by the Investigations re-
Gently made in Vienna by DR.. Stromer,
who declares that fresh mushrooms do
not possess very valuable nutritive
properties, and are difficult of digestion;
that dry mushrooms are only slightly
preferable, and that both correspond
most nearly to cabbage in usefulness as
food.-M Y. Ledger.
The production of locomotives in
Europe during the year 1886 amounted
in England to 1900; Germany, 1000;
| France, 1000; Belgium, 500; Austria,
400; Switzerland, 100; Italy, 70; Sweden,
50; Russia, 40, and Holland, 20; in all
6, 400 engines. The largest works in the
world is the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
in Philadelphia, which is capable of
turning out 600 per year. Borsig in
Berlin can produce 800 in that time
Public Opinion.
"A French physician announces that
distressing or excessive palpitation of
the heart can always be arrested by
bending double, the head down and the
hands hanging, so as to produce tenn
porary congestion of the upper portion
of the body. In nearly every instance
of nervous or an@mic palpitation the
heart Immediately resumes its natural
function. If the movements of respira-
ton are arrested during this action, the
effect is still more rapid. Tile Farmer
and Manufacturer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-10
MISCELLAN EOUS.


Montana is moving for the preser-
walton of her forests.
The best kind of parlor magic is
that which converts gloom into sun
shine.--E1change.
-Cranks are nuisances, but the farm
er's boy is apt to think the grindstone
crank the worst of the lot, about haying
time.
"A peach tree forty years old, at
Sonoma, Cal, has produced 250 pounds
offruit this season. Most of the peaches
measured over eight inches in circum-
ference.
Charles johnson, of Griffin, Ga,
says that he has a cat that turned from
jet black to gray from grief at being
separated from his children, to whom
it was greatly attached.
-She-''Are you going to the picnic
Tuesday, George" He-"O, yes"
She with feeble indifrerence)-"Alone,
George?' He-"No; l shall take an
umbrella. "-Pucb.
In the early part of the reign of
Henry VIII. Lord Chief Justice Reed
tried an action, when on circuit, in
which the jury was locked up, but be-
fore giving its verdict had eaten and
drunk, which all the members con-
fessed. This being reported to the
Judge. he fined them each heavily and
took their verdics
AT Parkersburg, W. Va, little
Lee boy found an old liquor barrel, and
amused himself by dropping lighted
matches through the vent hole. Pres
emily there was an explosion, and boy
and barrel were blown into the
branches of a neighboring tree. The
boy was badly hurt and the barrel
ruined.
Considerable excitement has been
occasioned in Louisiana by the report
that leprosy existed at St. Martinsville
in that State. The State board of
health has made an examination and
finds that five persons are suffering
from undoubted leprosy, while three
others are rs yet in doubt
"A one-legged beggar of st, Louis
became 50 urgent in his requests for
aid that he was arrested the other day.
When the police searched him they
found fifteen tobacco bags in his peck
cts and sewed to his ragged clothes,
and each bag contained some money.
The total amount was $74.41.
The Yezidis are the Kurdish "devil
worshippers. They have no ceremonial
additions, or attach no Importance to
them, and are allowed to use nothing
colored blue. They will not sit down
on sofa having blue tassel or enter
a room containing an article of furni-
ture covered with blue cloth. Their re-
liSson prohibits them from serving as
soldiers, though there appears to be
nothing to prevent them from cutting
Threats on their own account.-BoSt0l1
Globe.
In the Colorado desert, near Idaho
there is a large bed of rock-salt, and
the Southern Pacific railroad, in laying
the track to the salt-bed, has been
obliged to grade the road for twelve
hundred feet with blocks of these beau
tiful crystals. This is the only instance
where road-bed is laid and ballasted
on salt. The sea which once rolled over
this place dried up and left vast bed
of salt nearly fifty miles long. The
supply is inexhaustble and the quality
excellent Public Opinion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-10
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MARY AND HER FROG.

Mary had a little ,a-nh-O. no. it was a frog,
That in its bahyhoo6 mad been little pollywog,
When Mary heard his little bleat-I mean she
heard his croak,
She aid: IN make this little frog a pretty
little cloak
When in the cloak she saw him frisk-I mean
she saw him swim
Then Mary laughed until with tears her pretty
eyes were dim
So long we've sung that little lamb, with fleece
so snowy white,
That when I'd praise a little frog that lamb
skips into sight
Jenny Wallis, IL orr Little Hen and Women.